Reviews
Mogoya Remixed
Since the release of Mogoya last year, Oumou Sangaré has remained true to her idea of attracting more listeners to...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
BooCheeMish
The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices featuring Lisa Gerrard
The veteran Bulgarian women's choir conducted by Dora Hristova needs little introduction, since their elaborate arrangements and compositions founded on...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
A Long Engagement
New York DJ Nickodemus has never been one to stay isolated in the Big Apple. Drawing upon a myriad of...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Bardik Springs
Bardik Springs is very much an album of two halves. The first CD offers an elegant fusion of Indian classical...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Made of Music
Over three albums and a decade of vigorous touring, the immaculate, mellifluous troubadour fusions of the Senegalese kora player Maher...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Café du Brésil
The award-winning label Frémeaux is synonymous with informative historical boxed sets. Paris Gadjo Club's album is a contemporary release but...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Con Todo el Mundo
Take the surf versions of Middle Eastern folk tunes ‘Misirlou’ and ‘Hava Nagila’. Blend them with dub, 1960s Iranian pop...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Ondas
French producer Teacher Jekyll's third album is a multi-generational, multicultural affair with an emphasis on traditions from Cape Verde, Brazil,...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
The Turbans
This is an album that surprises, impresses and leaves you feeling slightly giddy – like a kosh over the head,...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
Moondog: New Sound
Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin) was an eccentric American composer whose music straddled baroque classical and Native American tribalism. He received...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
